The Turnbull government has struck an 11th hour deal with the Greens to tax backpackers' incomes at 15 per cent, ending a week of farcical politicking over the controversial tax.
One Nation has ended the parliamentary year with a deepening rift, after Pauline Hanson led two of her senators in voting against embattled colleague Rod Culleton, in the lead up to the fight for his political life.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull won't be banned from attending next year's Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, after the organisation's board overruled moves by members to protest the government inaction on same-sex marriage.
Most public servants earning below average wages after three-year "siege of attrition" by Coalition.
Australia's most celebrated architect, Glenn Murcutt, has slammed planned changes to Parliament House that will block public access to the building's famed grassy slopes, labelling the security upgrade a knee-jerk reaction.
It's a stunning moment in the last episode of the SBS documentary series, but was it about safety, politics or simply an old feud?
Housing supply and more affordable rentals will be top of the agenda when Treasurer Scott Morrison and his state counterparts meet in Canberra on Friday.
Harbourfront suburbs will breathe easier after the Turnbull Government agreed to revive restrictions on the sulphur content of fuels used by cruise ships at dock in Sydney Harbour.
Some of the nation's best known organisations have been named and shamed for failing to comply with the workplace equality act.
When Hurricane Michaelia is spinning there's no stopping her.
Protesters have returned to Parliament House for the second day in a row, this time scaling the building's front wall and unfurling a banner which reads "close the bloody camps now".
Malcolm Turnbull has ramped up his rhetoric by accusing Bill Shorten of favouring "rich white kids" over poor Pacific Islanders.
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and Queensland senator Malcolm Roberts have cancelled a planned event with a Jewish group on Sunday, citing security fears.
Defence Department boss could not make reasonable pay offer under Tony Abbott.
Agile government takes a stumble as digital pioneer logs off after just six weeks.
Morale within the Turnbull government spiked on Wednesday following the successful passage of its long-denied building unions watchdog legislation, but any smiles were shortlived when a crossbench deal on its 15 per cent backpacker tax collapsed just half an hour later, delivering a humiliating defeat in the Senate.
"There have been some dark days where I have thought, 'am I in the right political party?'."
They chanted "close the camps" and accused the Coalition and Labor of being world leaders in cruelty.
Even if you know nothing about taxation, happy multinationals are usually a fool-proof measure that can be employed to determine if a tax is raising the appropriate amount of revenue.
Documents obtained by Fairfax Media and marked "sensitive" and "protected" reveal details of the proposed overhaul.
The Turnbull government has successfully passed the legislation to re-establish the ABCC construction watchdog, marking a key victory for Malcolm Turnbull who used the legislation to trigger this year's double dissolution election.
The beleaguered "backpacker tax" is back in limbo after the Senate snubbed a deal between One Nation and the Turnbull government.
Two Australian Hornet fighter planes dropped bombs in the botched coalition air strike that accidentally killed pro-Syrian regime fighters instead of Islamic State terrorists in September, Defence has confirmed.
The Turnbull Government has acknowledged for the first time that Australia is failing to secure a fair share of revenue from oil and gas companies, with Treasurer Scott Morrison calling a review into the tax scheme governing offshore projects.
I think they're appalling results ... I am embarrassed for Australia that we are not performing at the standard that we would expect our schools to perform. quality of teachers, curriculum
Libertarian senator David Leyonhjelm says he will consider appealing a Human Rights Commission decision to reject his racial discrimination claim against a journalist who labelled him an "angry white male".
"Clearly, we have a problem."
New High Court chief justice once said she was was a "lonely tree" in a forest of men.
Denied free speech and subjected to fear tactics, public servants grab their chance to vent.
What's scarier: a crazed gunman storming the entrance to the Senate, or an irate tourist who can no longer scale the surface of one of Australia's most significant buildings?